Reef Road Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty.

Honestly, I gotta level with you. Looking at the next 16 days for Reef Road, it’s a pretty grim picture. There’s no surf to get excited about at all. The whole forecast is a flat spell with some onshore junk, and it doesn't look like there's a single session worth paddling out for. We’re talking a full 16-day stretch of nothing but tiny, weak waves, and mostly poor conditions.

Right out of the gate on Monday, 20 July, it’s a write-off. We’ve got a tiny 3 ft swell from the SSE, but the period is a shocking 5 seconds, so it’s just wind slop. The wind is a cross-shore 16 mph, turning it into a choppy mess, and you can’t get a wave. The combined energy is a measly 41 (that’s weak). The afternoon gets worse, with a fresh cross-onshore and the swell bumping up to a weak 4 ft but still with no energy behind it.

Tuesday through Thursday are the same story. The swell drops to 3 ft or less, the period stays 4-5 seconds, and it’s all cross-onshore wind. The water temp is around 86°, which is about 2° above normal, so it’s a typical warm summer, but that’s the only nice thing about it.

Friday, 24 July, and Saturday, 25 July, the swell is a joke – 0.7 ft to 2 ft with a 4-second period. It’s just flat. The wind is still onshore or cross-onshore. You’d be lucky to get a ripple.

Things get a little interesting on Sunday, 26 July, in the morning. We get a clean, glassy-offshore vibe with a light 6 mph wind from the WSW, and the combined energy is a tiny 14. But the swell is still only 1 ft from the ENE with an 8-second period. It’s clean, but there’s nothing to ride.

The rest of the run into August is exactly the same. Tiny, weak swells, light winds, often clean but with no size. We see a glassy morning on Sunday, 2 August, and another on Tuesday, 4 August, but the swell is 0.7 ft and 1 ft, respectively. The energy numbers are in the low single digits. That’s a lake, not an ocean.

All the data shows “poor surf conditions” across the board. There’s no standout. The only thing close to a positive is that for a break that’s usually consistent, this is a rough patch. It’s a beach and reef setup, so with this kind of total lack of swell, it’s not even worth looking at. If you’re desperate, the cleanest conditions come on the 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th of July, and the 1st and 4th of August, but with swell heights of 0.7 ft to 1 ft, you’re just looking at a flat, clean ocean. Not a single wave to ride.

Rusty, signing off.

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